HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1980-01-17, Page 5'CLINTON:- According to
'the council in Clinton, the
town is being saddled
with • more than its fair
share of the Cost to use
the landfill h site in
Goderich Township.
-Not duly is the town
against the way in which
the siX mtinicipalit1
using the siteshare
costs, but the council is
also " upset over the
sudden increase in the
costs of garbage disposal
at the site near
Holm esville.
George Lavis, owner of
the site, has doubled hips.
1980.cost for,. Clinton,
Goderich, Lueknow,
Bayfield,. Colborne and
Goderich Townships to
-use the site. • Mr,. Lavas,
determining his prices
were too low, has raised
his contract to $140,000. In
1979e s.
use of the site cost
tire six inunicipalities
$.7Q,000.
As well as negotiating
fora lower price with the
other - municipalities,
Clinton is alsoobjecting
to the way in which the
costs are shared and are
asking the landfill
committee to consider a
per capita basis of cost
sharing. Presently,;
Clinton pays 26 per dent.
of the,total cost to use the
site, but is based on.a per
capita basis, would only
-pay 18.9 per cent.
fr1VIzirtryrejecsIkti:tchelisrequest/or
MITCHELL Ontario let the Matter drop and • town's .clerk bon Eplett appointment at this time . enforcement of municipal
Attorney General Roy ..Pias referred the request . to the. Justice, of the and noted that if a Justice bylaws." -
McMurtry has rejected a to an executive corn- Peace position left vacant of the Peace was made in In his reply to council,
request froth, Mitchell • mittee for study. It was in. October by the Mr. McMurtry wrote',
council to appoint a suggested that the resignation of the former the area, the clerk would "That relationship could
not be an acceptable,
Justice . of the Peace for proposal be take on Perth clerk. represent a potential
the town. MPP Hugh Edighoffer ..H o w e v e r , M r . candidate for the position conflict of interest."
Despite Mr, McMur- . for possible support. McMurtry told council since he is an official of . On the suggestion of
tr 's•-_refusal.,•.,_the -town Council had asked Mr. that his _Ministry - had..the„__ _town ...and,........'..`.wi,il_-
council has decided not to McMurtrj to appoint the, found no need for a new • benefit directly from the
Exeter's building boom
EXETER - Statistics
show that Exeter's
building bgom has waned
considerably during the
past year.
A report from the
town's building inspector
shows that the value of
building permits issued
dropped from a record
high of $3,858,545 in 1978.
k to last year's $2,179,571, a
decrease of over a million
and a half dollars.
• Although there were
only . four less -permits
issued in 1979 over the
previous year, the
biggest drop came in new
residential dwellings.
The number of .housing
starts declined by 10 to a
total of -14 with a value of
-$726,000. The previous
ne
Homestead destroyed
IINCARD'INE.,- Damage
has been estimated at
$43,000 in a . blaze that
gutted .the .85 -year-old
stone house of Aurel and
Marjorie Armstrong, of
RR 4; Kincardine.
The home; which was
built in 1894 from stones
picked off of the land,
burned to the ground
following strike by
lightning in'a January 9
storm thatbattered the
area. '
The Armstrongs and
their son Brentwere able
to escape
uhka.rmed.
strong said,
came in the
us. . There
the blaze
Mr. Arm-'
"The ceiling
room next to
was window
glass all over the hall. It
was unreal, quite a way
to wake up."
The Kincardine Fire
Department was called to
the scene at .6:35 am and.
relieved the Ripley Fire
Departmentwho. had
been fighting the blaze.
The Kincardine fire team
remained at the home
until 4 pm and battled the
.blaze through high winds,
driving snow and bitter
cbld.
Five generations of the.
Armstrong had lived on
the farm' since 1892.
Poli.c.e..._... Chl� f ....Stewart.
Stark, council asked for a -
Fizzles
year's total was
$1,_642,148.
There was also a
sizeable &decline in new
commercial buildings
and renovations. The 1979
total was $457,015,
compared to the
$1,054,460 of 1978.
Government buildings
and institutionsadditions
and .renovations .also
declined by almost half a
million dollars in 1979.
The only major gain
came in new industrial.
buildings and additions.
O gY
T. MARYS - Plans are
being made in, St. Marys
to celebrate the town's
125th birthday.
The town is •hoping to
declare one day of 1980 as.
St. . Marys Day, .'.when
special celebrations
could mark the occasion.
It was also suggested
that the town might
coordinate a` joint
celebration with London,
The 1979 figure was
$511,080, compared to
1978's $111,500.
are
Tn
GAPER1C N 1 SR's,
If costs were based on
per captia perdehtage,
the town of Goderich's
share would drop from 48
per cent to 444 per -cent
and Bayfield's share
would drop to 4.5 per cent
from 5 per cent.
However, the three
JP
Justice of the Peace to
help relieve overtime
hours worked by the
police. The Justice of the
Peace would be used for
signing proof of summons
service and other related
matters.
Chief -Stark- told_conn c i l
that without a Justice of
the Peace in Mitchell, the
local police- would be
required to make more
than their usual number
of trips to. Stratford to
-have proof of summons
signed by city's Justice of
the Peace.
Zehrs to open
WINGHAM - A Zehrs
supermarket will be
opening in Wingham
sometime this summer,
the company has an-
nounc.ed.
The food store will be --
the focal point of a new
plaza being constructed
at the south end of town.
and slated for completion
during the early part of.
,the summer. As planned,
it will have 20,000 square
fee.tM.off floor. :area and will.
be joined py an additional
15,000 square feet of retail
space. -
The Zehrs chain has
been opening:'. Super-
markets in towns
throughout southwestern
•Ontario . for the past
several years.
•
who is also celebrating its
125 birthday this: year.
"It won't happen in our
lifetime • again," St.
Marys Mayor Clif Brown
told council at their first
meeting of the year.
In 1855 St. Marys was
incorrporated as a village.
Thomas Guest was its
first reeve and later- in
1864, its first mayor. when
St. Marys became a town.
Assessments unsatisfactory
BLYTH - New
assessment notices will
pow -be in the mail, -•but
there will be no figures on
New baby for. refugee family
LISTOWEL - Muang
Vern Saepharn is
somewhat of a celebrity
in the Listowel area.
Mua:ng Varn has the
distinction of being the
first baby to be born in
Listowel to a refugee
family from Southeast
Asia.
The, Saephrans, along
with three other refugee
are being sponsored by
the 'Listowel Mennonite
Church. Nine members of
the group'`•'arrived in
Listpwel on December 14.
Muang Varn's parents
were detained for --two
days in Montreal,
because for awhile it
seemed this would be the
GODERICH AREA
PLANNING BOARD
NOTICE
SUBMISSION OF WRITTEN BRIEFS FOR
OFFICIAL PLAN REVIEW
The Planning. Board for the Town of Goderich is in the
process of undertaking a. •omprehensive review of the
municipal Off. icial Pla .. The Official Plan is a
statutory document cons sting of land use maps and
policies for guiding the physical development of the
municipality. It is concerned with the organization,
design and use of land and buildings for residential,
commercial, industrial and recreational purposes, the
prosision of servicessuch as roads, sewers, and
utilities,required to support urban development, and
the creation of an attractive natural .and built en-
vironment as the physical basis for a higher quality of
community life. A central objective of the review is to
identify, those conditions in the physical environment
which• should be prevented or rectified and those
changes which should be promoted because they are
considered necessary or desirable for the well-being of
the municipality.
To ensure the views of the community are. reflected in
the new Official Plan, all interested individuals and
groups are cordially invited to submit written briefs to
the Planning'Board for consideration, For those who
prefer to make verbal representations, a program of
public, meetings will be held later in the year. The
submission of briefs is requested prior to May 1, 1980 so
that the public meetings can be organized to cover the
fullest possible range,of ideas and concerns and con-
tribute to a meaningful discussion of planning issues in..
the `Town of Goderich.
For further information, please contact:
Mr. Kennett! C. Hunter, C.B.T.
Secretary, Planning Board
Town Hall Annex.
Phone - 524-9492
.baby's native city.
However, Fou Varn
Saepharn, 19, and his wife
FueY. Chou. Saechou,' 19
were able to travel to
Listowel and their new
baby boy was born on
December -.:22.
them for taxpayers to
compare with last year's
"tax figure.
The Blyth' village
council was more than a
little angry when . they
learned this in a letter
from the Assessment
Office. Council was
concernedthat the public
would ..be uninformed •
about the change and
would only'. realize the
difference in June when
the tax bill was issued:
Council understood that
froth an earlier meeting
with the Assessment
Office, there would bean..
explanation in the notice
of the new mill rate and
• ratepayers would have a
chance to appeal the new
assessments at the public
meeting later in the year.
It was agreed that if not
enough information could
be presented to the public.,
at a scheduled public
, meeting on January 29,
the council recommended
that the public meeting
be postponed until;council
meets again in February
to decide what to do next.
WEEKLY- SAVINGS
TRIANGLE DISCOUNT MAKES
-GE-TSET/400nil-
SHAMPOO
NOXZEMA/ 1.5 oz.
ROLL ON DEODORANT
TRIANGLE
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58 THE SQUARE, GODERICH
MAIN CORNER, CLINTON
MAIN CORNER, SEAFORTH
other municipalities
would see increase in•
their share of costs,
particularly Goderich
Township, whose share.
would go from 5 per cent
to 1-4.5- per cent:
Colborn,e's sff are would
be set at 10.9 per cent
from • 10 pet cent• and
Lucknow's share would
go from 6 to"7 per cent.
The landfill committee
was scheduled to discuss
the per capita costs
system and vote on the
matter., but according to
Clinton's representative
Councillor Rosemary
Armstrong, "With the per
capita figures, three will.
vote for it since it's lower,
three will vote against
since their costs will be
higher and the deciding
vote . comes -from the
chairman who's from
Goderich Township.
Clinton's Mayor Harold
Lobb objected to the price
increase and the sharing
of costs and told council,
"If Clinton's treated this
way in the future, I
recornmend that we hi ve
our own landfill site."
4i,,4,AriuARy 17:.i
caiiddion Silver
Coins
Silver Dollars - 1967 or before
94,OOea.
before50` Pieces - 1966 or *b.5O ea.
53..25 ea.
Quarters - 1966 or before
Quarters - 19.67 and silver 1968,.._.„, $1.75eo.
Dimes - 1966 or before .51.30ea.
Dimes - 1.967 and silver 1968 70c ea,
U®S. Silver Coins
Silver Dollars 95.00 ea.
50` Pieces - 1964 or before 56.50 ea.
Quarters - 1964 or before $3.25 ea.
Dimes - 1964 or before 51.30 ea.
Prices Subject to Change
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